William Chan

William Chan

Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor
name = William Chan


caption = William Chan at the Sichuan charity singing event
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tradchinesename = 陳偉霆
simpchinesename = 陈伟霆
pinyinchinesename = chen2 wei3 ting2
jyutpingchinesename = can4 wai5 ting4
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origin = Dongguan, Guangdong
birthdate = birth date and age|1985|11|21
birthplace = Hong Kong
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occupation = Singer
genre = Cantopop
instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano
voicetype = Tenor
label = Emperor Entertainment Group
yearsactive = 2004-present
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associatedact = Sun Boy'z
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William Chan is a Hong Kong singer and a former member of the Cantopop group Sun Boy'z. He was the winner of the 22nd Annual New Talent Singing Awards in 2003.

Biography

Having an interest towards dancing and the performing arts, William began dancing at the age of 8 and began taking lessons at age 14. In 2002, at age 16, William Chan was one of the 12 finalists of the first annual Talent Show 2002 in Hong Kong and won all 4 awards including the main award. At age 17, he won the 2003 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship - Hong Kong Regional Finals including the "Super Dancing Stage Presence Award" (勁舞台風演繹獎) and the "Self-Expression Award" (自我才華表現獎). As the winner, he was signed to Emperor Entertainment Group.

In 2004, William co-hosted the Saturday morning children's programme "Viva! Club Disney". On June 26 2006, he was arranged to join the Cantopop duo Boy'z (Steven Cheung and Dennis Mak) and the group was renamed as Sun Boy'z. Their self-titled debut EP was released in September 2006.

In April of 2008, it was announced by the EEG company that William will leave Sun Boy'z and pursue a solo career.

His first single is called Taxi. He recently had a change of career and became a Microeconomics Lecturer at HKU, he is quoted as saying 'ive decided to go back to my family roots and follow the family tradition of being microeconomics lecturers.'

External links

* [http://talentshow.istarnet.net/award_detail.asp?id=9 Talent Show 2002 第一屆香港藝能大展]
* [http://tvcity.tvb.com/special/newtalent2003/profile/ 2003 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship]
* [http://www.williamzone.net/ William Zone]
* [http://hk.geocities.com/william_online03 William Inside]
* [http://hk.geocities.com/william_chan_fans/ ~~WILLIAM~~CHAN~~]
* [http://hk.geocities.com/lovewilliam_1228/ ◎○●〝Just For William〞●○◎]


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